Should I be soaking these atomizers more often or what??
Sigh. Well, I hope they ship quickly. This sux.
Honestly, my best performing attys have required NO special treatment. When I used to clean them, I actually killed more from cleaning than while vaping. I've killed 7 attys since I started in Dec, all in Jan/Feb, and all were penstyles.(most 4072's) I killed 4 that never made it back after cleaning, and the others I blame on inexperience, natural lifespan, or bad juice. On the few attys that
survived cleaning, vapor production was hit and miss; some were better, but some actually seemed degraded.
That said, I haven't killed a
single atty since Feb. and haven't done a minute's worth of maintenance. Still rotating the same platinum 801's and a pair of cigars(PS bada bings...). They are still puffing like champs, too. Haven't even had to touch the spares I ordered. The key seems to be keeping the atomizer moist at all times and not overheating them. Keep 2 ready and rotate them if necessary. My rule of thumb is to lay it down and pick up a cold one if I even feel it getting warm. At night, I try to remember to remove the batteries and set them battery-end up to keep liquid from draining into the switches. Some liquids burn hotter and gunk up your atty, but I've not had a problem in that respect with PureSmoker liquid.
I know with all the "cleaning my atomizer threads" on here it would seem counter-intuitive not to clean yours, but I've found that has worked best for me. Not cleaning my attys has $aved me a bundle in replacement costs. They ain't broken... so I ain't fixing them!